Our Nominees for the 2020 James Beard Foundation Awards

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The James Beard Foundation announced the nominees for its 2020 Book, Broadcast Media, and Journalism awards via Twitter this week and also listed Restaurant & Chef award nominees announced earlier this year. Among the nominations are multiple authors and books published by Penguin Random House imprints, led by Clarkson Potter and Ten Speed Press, as well as Knopf and Avery, plus nominations for Taste and PUNCH, and Penguin Random House Publisher Services clients. Congratulations and good luck to all. To view the complete list of this year’s James Beard Award nominees, click here.

The 2020 James Beard media award winners, including the Book of the Year Award and the Cookbook Hall of Fame inductee, will be announced online via press release on Wednesday, May 27. The Restaurant & Chef Award winners will be announced on Friday, September 25, from Chicago, broadcast live via the James Beard Foundation’s Twitter feed.

Our Book Awards Nominees

Beverage with Recipes

Last Call: Bartenders on Their Final Drink and the Wisdom and Rituals of Closing Time by Brad Thomas Parsons (Ten Speed Press)

The Martini Cocktail: A Meditation on the World’s Greatest Drink, with Recipes by Robert Simonson (Ten Speed Press)

The NoMad Cocktail Book by Leo Robitschek (Ten Speed Press)

General

Where Cooking Begins: Uncomplicated Recipes to Make You a Great Cook by Carla Lalli Music (Clarkson Potter)